National Women's Soccer League 2013 / College Draft

The 2013 NWSL College Draft was first carried out on January 18, 2013 as part of the annual NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis . Representatives of eight on the first season of NWSL participating franchises were able to college players take under contract in four rounds.

process

The eight participating franchises were brought into a fixed draft order in advance of the event, which all teams had to agree to. The basis for this order was the assumed playing strength of the players assigned to them within the framework of the NWSL Player Allocation . In contrast to original considerations, this order was kept unchanged in each draft round. The club representatives had three minutes to think about in the first two rounds and five minutes each in the last two rounds.

Draft order

1. Chicago Red Stars
2. Washington Spirit
3. Kansas City FC
4. Sky Blue FC
5. Boston Breakers
6. Western New York Flash
7. Seattle Reign FC
8. Portland Thorns FC

Result

Kristie Mewis made her US national team debut a few weeks after the 2013 College Draft .

For each player, the college team for which she played in the 2012 season is given.

	1 round	2nd round	3rd round	4th round
Chicago Red Stars	Zakiya Bywaters UCLA Bruins	Rachel Quon Stanford Cardinal	Taylor Vancil Florida State Seminoles	Jen Hoy Princeton Tigers
Washington Spirit	Tiffany McCarty Florida State Seminoles	Caroline Miller Virginia Cavaliers	Holly King Florida Gators	Colleen Williams Dayton Flyers
Kansas City FC	Kristie Mewis Boston College Eagles	Erika Tymrak Florida Gators	Whitney Berry Kansas Jayhawks	Nia Williams Missouri State Bears
Sky Blue FC	Lindsi Cutshall BYU Cougars	Kendall Johnson Portland Pilots	Ashley Baker Georgia Bulldogs	Becky Chaplain Maryland Terrapins
Boston Breakers	Casey Short Florida State Seminoles	Mariah Nogueira Stanford Cardinal	Jo Dragotta Florida Gators	Maddy Evans Penn State Nittany Lions
Western New York Flash	Adrianna Franch Oklahoma State Cowgirls	Amy Barczuk Colorado Buffaloes	Vicki DiMartino Boston College Eagles	Jackie Logue Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Seattle Reign FC	Christine Nairn Penn State Nittany Lions	Mallory Schaffer William & Mary Tribe	Kristen Meier Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Haley Kopmeyer Michigan Wolverines
Portland Thorns FC	Kathryn Williamson Florida Gators	Nicolette Radovcic UCF Knights	Amber Brooks North Carolina Tar Heels	Roxanne Barker Pepperdine Waves

consequences

None of the franchises involved made use of the option to swap players with one another immediately after the draft was over.

Most of the players (four) came from the University of Florida team , the Florida Gators. On the other hand, three players came from the Florida State University team , the Florida State Seminoles. Among the 32 signed players were Adrianna Franch , Taylor Vancil , Ashley Baker , Haley Kopmeyer and Roxanne Barker, five goalkeepers.

After completing the college draft, the NWSL teams had a squad of eleven players, seven of them from the NWSL Player Allocation . In order to increase the team squad, up to four players without a contract (so-called free agents ) remained, and the so-called supplemental draft was held at the end of the squad planning .

Amber Brooks signed a contract with Bayern Munich in January and moved to Germany before the start of the season in the NWSL. Whitney Berry and Jackie Logue were also released from their clubs in March 2013 before the first game of the season to make room for further signings in the squad.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Women's Soccer League Announces Order for College Draft on Friday in Indianapolis ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ussoccer.com (English). Retrieved July 23, 2013. 
2. ↑ 2013 College Draft - 1st Round ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2nd Round ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 3rd Round ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 4th Round ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved July 23, 2013.    
3. ↑ Bywaters selected first overall by Chicago Red Stars , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved July 23, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Western New York Flash team received only six players in the NWSL Player Allocation, so after the college draft they had a squad size of ten.
5. ^ Jeff Kassouf: Bailey: Next step is free agency, supplemental draft , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved July 23, 2013.